Music-leaf turner.



No. 758,850. PATENTED MAY 3, 1904.

'- I H. PEYTON & G. BODSONL MUSIC LEAF TURNER.

APPLICIATIONIILED SEPT 15, 1903.

Iatented May 8, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HARRY PEYTON AND GUSTAVE BODSON, OF OHARLEROI, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUSIC-LEAF TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 58,850, dated May 3,1904:.

Application filed September 15, 1903. Serial No. 173,311. (No model.)

bi nations of parts and arrangements of details hereinafter fullydescribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing like charac ters of reference refer to likeparts throughout, and the figure represents a perspective view of ourdevice.

The numeral 1 indicates the body portion or frame of our device, whichmay be made solid, as here shown, or formed in any other desired manner.A block 2 is attached toward one end of our device, upon which are heldsuitable bearings 2. Rods3 3', &c., having joints at 4, are held to turnin said bearings. Angled portions 5 5 5, &c., are formed on each of saidrods at the upper ends thereof, and other angled portions 6 6 6", &c.,are formed at the lower ends thereof. Upturned ends 7 7 7 &c., areformed upon the lower angled portions. Bearings 8 8 are securely heldupon said body 1, and a release-bar 9 of pref-,

erably square cross-section passes through these hearings. Teeth 10 areformed upon one side of this bar, and oppositely disposed and arrangedteeth 11 are formed upon the opposite side thereof. A screw-threaded end12 is formed upon the end of the bar 9 and carries a spring 13 andadjusting-nut 14E, adapted to compress said spring between itself and awasher 15, situated at the bearing or guide 8.

A lever 16 is pivotally mounted at 18. Escapement-pallets 19 are carriedon the lower end of this lever and act upon the releasebar. The oppositeend of lever 16 is pivoted, as at 20, to a lever 21. The lever 21 ispivoted to the frame 1 at 22. A guide-frame 23 is held on the frame 1,as shown. A guide 24 is formed upon this frame. A lower guide 25 is alsoformed thereon. A presser-bar 26, having an angled portion 27,press-button 28, and collar 29, is held to move in said guides and isprovided with a spring to normally hold it in its upper position. Thepresserbar 26 is pivotally attached to the lever 21. as at 31.

It will be clearly seen from the drawing that when the button 28 ispushed downward the upper one of the escapement-pallets 19 will beraised and the bar 9 moved forward by the spring 13 a slight amount. Atthe same time it will be restrained from too great a movement by thelower pallet. Upon the bottom being released the escapement returns toits original position and the next tooth catch upon the upper pallet.While this motion is taking place the movement of the bar 9 releases thefirst of the leaf-levers, which thereupon turns to the position shown indotted lines.

It will be obvious that the presser-bar 26 and guide-frame 23 may bemade as long as desired and that our device may be used by violinistsand others, Who may operate the press-button with the foot.

We have thus invented a new and useful ar ticle of the characterspecified.

Having thus described our invention, we claim-.

1. In a music-leaf turner, the combination of a frame, a series ofhinged leaf-levers rotatably mounted thereon, a series of springs eachcarried upon one of said levers and normally tending to rotate the same,a series of upturned ends each formed upon one of said levers, aspring-operated escapement-bar slidably mounted upon said frame and heldin its locking position to cover said series of upturned lever ends, aseries of oppositely disposed and arranged teeth formed upon saidescapement-bar, escapement-pallets held to embrace said escapement-bar,a lever pivotally mounted upon said frame and carrying said pallets, asecond lever pivotally mounted upon said frame and connected to thefirstmentioned lever, a presser-bar connected to said second lever,guides for said presser-bar, a presser-button attached to saidpresser-bar means connected to the pawl for operating the same, andresilient means connected to the pawl-operating means whereby the pawlis operated intermittently, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presenceof two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY PEYTON. GUSTAVE BODSON. In presence of" W. GILLIs, FRED O. HENZI.

